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Apple Releases Safari 6 Update for OS X Lion

182115 Safari Icon 125Alongside OS X Mountain Lion 10.8, Apple has released the updated version of Safari to OS X Lion (10.7). It is available in OS X Lion's Software Update. According to Apple, the new Safari contains new features, including:

- Smart Search Field. Safari now has one field for typing both searches and web addresses.
- Offline Reading List. Safari saves entire webpages in your Reading List so you can catch up on your reading even when you don’t have an internet connection.
- Do Not Track. Safari can send the websites you visit a request not to track you online.
- Password pane. Manage your saved website logins with the new Password pane.
- Baidu. The leading Chinese search engine Baidu is now a built-in option for Chinese users.
For more information about Safari, please visit: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5275

Safari 6 for OS X Lion also includes improvements to stability, compatibility, usability and security, including changes that:

- Make the swipe to navigate gesture work with PDFs.
- Restore the state of Reading List when Safari is launched.
- Fix an issue that affected full screen video in webpages that have positioned content.
- Restore the user's previous cookies after Private Browsing without requiring a Safari relaunch.

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Top Rated Comments

jasonxneo Avatar
181 months ago
now safari really feels snappier! :p
Score: 14 Votes (Like | Disagree)
181 months ago
That's it! My Safari just snapped in half! :eek:
Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)
181 months ago
Activity View

Activity VIEW window disappeared.... sooo disappointing...
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
181 months ago
Removing RSS from Safari and Mail really sucks. Half of my friend's blogs were in RSS as well as many of my favorite sites. Bad move Apple!
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
TwoBytes Avatar
181 months ago
Activity VIEW window disappeared.... sooo disappointing...

You're kidding!? This was the best way to download files.... Any alternative?
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
181 months ago
Yeah great support for Snow Leopard Indeed.

A happy happy Mac Pro 1.1 user. Have fun with Apple.

We will.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)